Royce, Engel Introduce Bill Targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps 3/2/2018 11:30:51 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY)     Washington, D.C., March 1, 2018  – Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 5132 to crack down on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. Notably, the bipartisan bill authorizes the administration to sanction entities in which the IRGC has an ownership stake of less than 50 percent, significantly raising the stakes for anyone doing business with the IRGC. Chairman Royce on H.R. 5132: “As Iran’s most powerful economic actor, the Revolutionary Guards Corps bankrolls terror and Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile program. Yet hundreds of its front companies have yet to be sanctioned. This bipartisan bill will close that gap. It will cut off cas...

Cotton Statement on Iran’s Violations of UN Resolution 2231 US Senator Tom Cotton Washington, D.C.  - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on a new report confirming Iran has repeatedly violated UN resolution 2231 by providing missiles and other illegal arms to the Houthi rebels in Yemen: 'We knew Iran was untrustworthy, but this report provides more hard evidence of just how brazen it's become. The ayatollahs feel no compunction about lying to the rest of the world or violating their international commitments. And the Iran deal only served to reward them for their treachery. The administration is to be commended for drawing attention to the ayatollahs' duplicity, and this report should put the free world on notice: If Iran won't abide by its commitments, then we must hold it accountable.' December 14, 2017

House Sanctions Iran’s ICBM Program 10/26/2017 7:21:22 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print House Foreign Affairs Chairman, Ed Royce Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2017  – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives today passed his H.R. 1698, the Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act, by a vote of 423 to 2: “This week, the House has taken two critical steps toward addressing the full range of threats Iran poses to the United States and our partners. Yesterday, the House cracked down on Iran’s leading terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, which Iran uses to spread terror and undermine regional stability. And today, we passed my bill targeting Iran’s intercontinental ballistic missiles program. These sanctions will squeeze Iranian and foreign companies, banks and individuals that support the Iranian regime’s illicit weapons programs. Iran must kn...

House Cracks Down on Iran Terror Proxy Hezbollah 10/26/2017 11:43:14 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print House votes to block Hezbollahs finantial gains Washington, D.C., Oct. 25, 2017 – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed three bipartisan measures that target Hezbollah’s ability to finance its terror and recruit new members: “Hezbollah is Iran’s leading terrorist proxy, and it is only growing more dangerous. It now has an arsenal of more than 100,000 rockets aimed at Israel and has become battle-hardened while propping up the murderous Assad regime alongside the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. Hezbollah has taken hundreds of thousands of lives, including American lives. With the House’s action today, we send a strong message that the United States will not allow this threat to go unchecked. These critical measures will impose new sanctions to crack...

House Sanctions Iran’s ICBM Program 10/26/2017 7:21:22 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print House Foreign Affairs Chairman, Ed Royce Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2017  – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives today passed his H.R. 1698, the Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act, by a vote of 423 to 2: “This week, the House has taken two critical steps toward addressing the full range of threats Iran poses to the United States and our partners. Yesterday, the House cracked down on Iran’s leading terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, which Iran uses to spread terror and undermine regional stability. And today, we passed my bill targeting Iran’s intercontinental ballistic missiles program. These sanctions will squeeze Iranian and foreign companies, banks and individuals that support the Iranian regime’s illicit weapons programs. Iran must kn...

UN chief Guterres, US President Trump commit to work together to address common challenges 10/21/2017 10:49:18 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Secretary-General António Guterres meets with United States President Donald Trump at the 72nd session of the General Assembly 21 October 2017  –  United Nations  Secretary-General António Guterres met Friday with United States President Donald Trump and discussed, among others, tensions in the Korean Peninsula and the fight against terrorism. According to a readout of the meeting, the Mr. Guterres and Mr. Trump discussed UN effectiveness and reform, as well as global issues of mutual concern, including Myanmar, the tensions in the Korean Peninsula, the situation in the wider Middle East, and the fight against global terrorism.  “The two committed to work together to address these and other common challenges in the coming months,” the readout added. The meeting was held on Friday, 20 Octo...

A Brief Timeline of Iran-Sponsored Terrorism Since 1979 503 AP Photo/Saris by   ADELLE NAZARIAN 13 Oct 2017 401 WASHINGTON, D.C. – From its warmongering in Iraq, Syria, and to a degree in Yemen, to its meddling in Lebanon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian territories, and Turkey, the Iranian regime and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), through its terrorist proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah, have caused chaos in the Middle East region since it came to power in 1979. The U.S. Department of State has  asserted  that “Iran has … assisted in rearming Lebanese Hizballah, in direct violation of UNSCR 1701.” The State Department noted in 2014 that General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the IRGC Aerospace Force, stated that “the IRGC and Hezbollah are a single apparatus jointed together.” The following is a list of Iran-sponsored terrorist activities that have taken place since Iran’s late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthr...